Soupe Jou

Soupe Jou (chicken barley soup) is a popular starter all over the world. It can also be a light value meal for dinner. It has a range of right ingredients like vegetable and chicken stock which can be very beneficial and useful for children and patients.

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Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Persian

Keyword: Soupe Jou

Prep Time: 2

Cook Time: 30

Servings: people

Calories: 107kcal

Ingredients

1½ cups pearl barley, soaked in water for almost 2 hours
4 cups chicken stock
2 cup of water
1 large onion
1 large potato
1 large carrot
½ cup all-purpose flour
2-3 tablespoon lemon juice
2 tablespoon potato paste
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon turmeric
1 tablespoon oil
A few chopped parsley and barriers (Zereshk)

Instructions

Peel the onion and slice it. Then fry it in the frying pan with a little oil.
Grab a large pot and pour 2 cups water and 2 cups chicken stock and add soaked barley and fried to it. Please put it on a medium flame and let it boil and cook.
Meanwhile, it would be best if you prepared its sauce. So take a saucepan and melt the butter in it.
Add flour to it and stir until cooking.
Add the other half of chicken stock to it little by little and stir it until it mixes well and gets smooth.
Let it boil and thicken. After thickening, add tomato paste to it and let it boil for another 5 minutes.
Peel carrot and potato and slice them.
Check if barley has been cooked well and add slices of carrot and potato to it and let them boil and cook.
After cooking all ingredients, add prepared sauce, salt, and turmeric and let it boil for some more minutes to thicken.
After that add the lemon juice and allow it to boil just for more five minutes.
Pour it into the serving bowl. Decorate the top with chopped parsley and Zereshk.
It is ready to serve. Enjoy it.

Notes

Uniqop`s advice

You can add some brewed saffron that it influences soup`s color and taste and make it more delicious. But it is a choice depending on your preference.
If you want to serve it as a light meal, you can have a piece of bread the size of a palm that makes it more pleasant.
Some people like it to be sourer. So you`d better have some lemon juice on the table.
If you serve this soup hot, it would be more pleasant.

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